The A.V. Club

The A.V. Club
TypePopular culture, entertainment, news, reviews, politics, progressive
FormatInternet
Owner(s)Paste Magazine
Editor-in-chiefScott Robson[1]
Founded1993 (1993)
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois, U.S.
Websiteavclub.com

The A.V. Club is an online newspaper[2] and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of pop-culture media. The A.V. Club was created in 1993 as a supplement to its satirical parent publication, The Onion. While it was a part of The Onion's 1996 website launch, The A.V. Club had minimal presence on the website at that point.

A 2005 website redesign placed The A.V. Club in a more prominent position, allowing its online identity to grow. Unlike The Onion, The A.V. Club and other sites owned by G/O Media are not satirical.[3] The publication's name is a reference to audiovisual (AV) clubs typical of American high schools.[4]

G/O Media sold The A.V. Club in March 2024 to Paste Magazine. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.[5]

  1. ^ "MG/O Media Announces New Editors In Chief Of AV Club, Gizmodo, Jezebel". Cision. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  2. ^ Castillo, Jay (14 December 2017). "This Photo Is The Perfect Example Of What Internet Will Look Like If Net Neutrality Loses". Inquisitr. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  3. ^ "About Us". The A.V. Club. 1 January 1988. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  4. ^ "About Us". The A.V. Club. 1 January 1988. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  5. ^ Baragona, Justin (26 March 2024). "G/O Media Continues Fire Sale, Dumps A.V. Club and Takeout". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 27 March 2024.